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Proof: Cyber Security Authority: Ghana led Operation Blackout, not FBI

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-09T12:51:05Z","headline":"Cyber Security Authority: Ghana led Operation Blackout, not FBI","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"graphic","url":"https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/cyber-security-authority-ghana-led-operation-blackout-not-fbi.html","v":1}

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SHA-256

10d066960f7c364600157dc27f0e2a49d63857b098dd49b195dac4a1668513fa

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970631, mined 2026-10-09 12:57 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-09 12:52 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-09 12:54 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-10d066960f7c.json prints 10d066960f7c364600157dc27f0e2a49d63857b098dd49b195dac4a1668513fa. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-10d066960f7c.json and headline-10d066960f7c.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-10d066960f7c.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.