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Proof: A cybersecurity expert hacked this BYD. It was too easy

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-09-20T21:01:40Z","headline":"A cybersecurity expert hacked this BYD. It was too easy","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"abcau","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-21/byd-hacked-by-cybersecurity-expert-vehicle-sabotage-surveillance/107139482","v":1}

Download headline-5b0f7bf5beee.json

SHA-256

5b0f7bf5beeed254efc3875a5a0dd5d375a4f73dd89dd59738483c23e77cf7be

OpenTimestamps

Not sealed.

Wayback Machine

• The record pageNot sealed — no capture of this page was requested.
• The story pageNot sealed — no capture of the story page was requested.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-5b0f7bf5beee.json prints 5b0f7bf5beeed254efc3875a5a0dd5d375a4f73dd89dd59738483c23e77cf7be. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. There is no OpenTimestamps receipt for this record yet.
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

This headline has not been sealed. Headlines are sealed automatically within minutes of first being seen; older ones are sealed on request, and are then marked as a backfill.