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Proof: Sextortion cases reach record high

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-07T05:10:20Z","headline":"Sextortion cases reach record high","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"rnz","url":"https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/crime-and-justice/1783883/free-mental-health-support-launched-for-sextortion-victims-as-cases-reach-record-high","v":1}

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SHA-256

300b0e84a3b8613a2d40dfedbea123e8d518586884bb7ade08e07b241c6ff33f

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970297, mined 2026-10-07 05:41 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-07 05:12 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-07 05:03 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-300b0e84a3b8.json prints 300b0e84a3b8613a2d40dfedbea123e8d518586884bb7ade08e07b241c6ff33f. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-300b0e84a3b8.json and headline-300b0e84a3b8.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-300b0e84a3b8.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, 2 min after it was first seen.