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Proof: NSA Director-General Yaw Ampofo Ankrah asked to step down

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-01T15:01:22Z","headline":"NSA Director-General Yaw Ampofo Ankrah asked to step down","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"graphic","url":"https://www.graphic.com.gh/sports/sports-news/nsa-director-general-yaw-ampofo-ankrah-asked-to-step-down.html","v":1}

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SHA-256

28c9118abaa4f0b9c2b6e6943006b41143021ffd3184c378be2f98594e3534a6

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969461, mined 2026-10-01 15:31 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-01 15:02 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-01 15:02 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-28c9118abaa4.json prints 28c9118abaa4f0b9c2b6e6943006b41143021ffd3184c378be2f98594e3534a6. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-28c9118abaa4.json and headline-28c9118abaa4.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-28c9118abaa4.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.