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Proof: Cornell Jane Doe threatened after lawsuit, lawyer says

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-04T20:12:36Z","headline":"Cornell Jane Doe threatened after lawsuit, lawyer says","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"usatoday","url":"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/10/04/cornell-jane-doe-threatened/92091482007/","v":1}

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77820fb8f789497746cb198bf93a8e0bb07f62a56bdf597f3ecf35b167a1e6ea

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969899, mined 2026-10-04 20:59 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-04 20:17 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-04 20:19 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-77820fb8f789.json prints 77820fb8f789497746cb198bf93a8e0bb07f62a56bdf597f3ecf35b167a1e6ea. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-77820fb8f789.json and headline-77820fb8f789.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-77820fb8f789.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, 4 min after it was first seen.