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Proof: Hacking this BYD was too easy. It didn't even have a password

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-09-20T19:11:19Z","headline":"Hacking this BYD was too easy. It didn't even have a password","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}

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b701c12ce096d82da9318d41194467ee454765892578e91d8dfad2f5007d4ad9

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

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-b701c12ce096.json prints b701c12ce096d82da9318d41194467ee454765892578e91d8dfad2f5007d4ad9. 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.