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Proof: Ex-Cornell student sues fraternity members and college over alleged gang rape and claims several were punished with essay-writing

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-09-27T22:31:20Z","headline":"Ex-Cornell student sues fraternity members and college over alleged gang rape and claims several were punished with essay-writing","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"independent","url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/cornell-university-sexual-assault-lawsuit-b3057169.html","v":1}

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cf682e866eeb182b842ad07bc683b07b98d558943417e4144b8559711ffb5f1d

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 968902, mined 2026-09-27 23:24 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-09-27 23:12 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-09-27 22:00 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-cf682e866eeb.json prints cf682e866eeb182b842ad07bc683b07b98d558943417e4144b8559711ffb5f1d. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-cf682e866eeb.json and headline-cf682e866eeb.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-cf682e866eeb.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, 36 min after it was first seen.