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Proof: German Intelligence Rocked by Espionage Arrest of Former Chief

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-08T13:32:15Z","headline":"German Intelligence Rocked by Espionage Arrest of Former Chief","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"spiegel","url":"https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/exploited-state-secrets-for-profit-german-intelligence-rocked-by-espionage-arrest-of-former-chief-a-06a62002-0fc7-4bc0-b7c7-5e6e9c829d0f","v":1}

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f52188b9c5bb84d4e0967f401c60abff18e478af416f91387293d31414ce9eac

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970502, mined 2026-10-08 14:51 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-08 13:37 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-08 14:01 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-f52188b9c5bb.json prints f52188b9c5bb84d4e0967f401c60abff18e478af416f91387293d31414ce9eac. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-f52188b9c5bb.json and headline-f52188b9c5bb.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-f52188b9c5bb.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, 5 min after it was first seen.