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Proof: Police cyber crime capabilities weak, official reports show

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-02T23:31:34Z","headline":"Police cyber crime capabilities weak, official reports show","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"rnz","url":"https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/crime-and-justice/1695057/police-cyber-crime-capabilities-weak-official-reports-show","v":1}

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454e0b013b3bfeda791922aa46bd0121e13b6ea379e4cb2a7f069faf726fcdd3

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969648, mined 2026-10-03 00:03 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-02 23:32 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-02 23:47 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-454e0b013b3b.json prints 454e0b013b3bfeda791922aa46bd0121e13b6ea379e4cb2a7f069faf726fcdd3. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-454e0b013b3b.json and headline-454e0b013b3b.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-454e0b013b3b.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.