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Proof: District attorney reopens case of alleged Cornell University 'gang rape'

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-09-28T00:21:32Z","headline":"District attorney reopens case of alleged Cornell University 'gang rape'","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"abcnews","url":"https://abcnews.com/US/district-attorney-reopens-case-alleged-cornell-university-gang/story?id=136806149","v":1}

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SHA-256

2bff002b61c6dc9f1e56f27f615f866913eba9e40986688081f1e400161e008b

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 968908, mined 2026-09-28 00:35 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-09-28 00:22 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-09-28 00:27 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-2bff002b61c6.json prints 2bff002b61c6dc9f1e56f27f615f866913eba9e40986688081f1e400161e008b. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-2bff002b61c6.json and headline-2bff002b61c6.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-2bff002b61c6.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
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.

Sealed automatically, 1 min after it was first seen.