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Proof: Sextortion hits record levels in New Zealand

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-07T05:01:32Z","headline":"Sextortion hits record levels in New Zealand","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

7a093ccce3137b33379276d829429bfd1e07a0a1d8837c56888755e601489d38

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970294, mined 2026-10-07 05:08 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-07 05:02 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-7a093ccce313.json prints 7a093ccce3137b33379276d829429bfd1e07a0a1d8837c56888755e601489d38. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-7a093ccce313.json and headline-7a093ccce313.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-7a093ccce313.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.