<p>The operation was launched by MI6 in an attempt to disrupt efforts by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsular to recruit "lone-wolf" terrorists with a new English-language magazine, 'The Daily Telegraph' reported.<br /><br />When followers tried to download the 67-page colour magazine, instead of instructions about how to "Make a bomb in the Kitchen of your Mom" by "The AQ Chef", they were greeted with garbled computer code.<br /><br />The code, which had been inserted into the original magazine by the British intelligence hackers, was actually a web page of recipes for "The Best Cupcakes in America" published by the Ellen DeGeneres chat show.<br /><br />It said: "The little cupcake is big again. Self- contained and satisfying, it summons memories of childhood even as it's updated for today's sweet-toothed hipsters."<br /><br />It included a recipe for the Mojito Cupcake -- "made of white rum cake and draped in vanilla buttercream" -- and the Rocky Road Cupcake -- "warning: sugar rush ahead!" By contrast, the original magazine featured a recipe showing how to make a lethal pipe bomb using sugar, match heads and a miniature lightbulb, attached to a timer.<br /><br />The cyber attack also removed articles by Osama bin Laden, his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri and a piece called "What to expect in Jihad", the report said.<br /><br />The magazine is produced by the radical preacher Anwar al-Awlaki, one of the leaders of AQAP who has lived in Britain and the US, and his associate Samir Khan from North Carolina.</p>
<p>The operation was launched by MI6 in an attempt to disrupt efforts by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsular to recruit "lone-wolf" terrorists with a new English-language magazine, 'The Daily Telegraph' reported.<br /><br />When followers tried to download the 67-page colour magazine, instead of instructions about how to "Make a bomb in the Kitchen of your Mom" by "The AQ Chef", they were greeted with garbled computer code.<br /><br />The code, which had been inserted into the original magazine by the British intelligence hackers, was actually a web page of recipes for "The Best Cupcakes in America" published by the Ellen DeGeneres chat show.<br /><br />It said: "The little cupcake is big again. Self- contained and satisfying, it summons memories of childhood even as it's updated for today's sweet-toothed hipsters."<br /><br />It included a recipe for the Mojito Cupcake -- "made of white rum cake and draped in vanilla buttercream" -- and the Rocky Road Cupcake -- "warning: sugar rush ahead!" By contrast, the original magazine featured a recipe showing how to make a lethal pipe bomb using sugar, match heads and a miniature lightbulb, attached to a timer.<br /><br />The cyber attack also removed articles by Osama bin Laden, his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri and a piece called "What to expect in Jihad", the report said.<br /><br />The magazine is produced by the radical preacher Anwar al-Awlaki, one of the leaders of AQAP who has lived in Britain and the US, and his associate Samir Khan from North Carolina.</p>