Sweetening Up the Terrorists? UK Hackers Replace Al-Quaida Bomb Info with Cupcake Recipe

London : United Kingdom | Jun 05, 2011 at 11:15 PM PDT

By MichelleDevlin

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UK hackers working for MI6 played a 'sweet' trick on an infamous Al-Quaeda website when they hacked into the 67 pages of bomb-building instructions and replaced them with recipes for cupcakes! Click on link to see newscast from CNN:

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Maybe the hopes are that they can attract more friends with sugar than they can with saltpeter? Or perhaps the happy hackers hope any would-be bomb-builders will be inspired to whip up a batch of cupcakes instead...In any case, the recipe, for 'Rocky Road' Cupcakes, may be secret code for what is in store for aspiring terrorists....a very rocky road indeed! For now at least, "Let Them Bake Cake!"

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MichelleDevlin is based in Innisfil, Ontario, Canada, and is an Anchor for Allvoices.

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prabirghose | about 2 years ago

thanks for sharing an interesting story ... hope the cakes would change the hearts of the ones who make bombs ... rated up ...

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MichelleDevlin | about 2 years ago

yes if only life were so simple and we could all eat cake together it would be much nicer! thanks prabirghose!

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umarsheikh200 | about 2 years ago

i agree with u.!

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MichelleDevlin | about 2 years ago

thanks umarsheikh appreciate it!

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Vicky247 | about 2 years ago

Excellent NEWS rates up.

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MichelleDevlin | about 2 years ago

thanks Vicky always glad to see you here!

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