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U.S. federal prosecutors charged four members of China's People's Liberation Army on February 10, 2020, with orchestrating one of the largest data breaches in history. The defendants allegedly exploited a vulnerability in Equifax's systems to steal sensitive information from approximately 145 million Americans over a two-month period in 2017.

Michael Jackson was acquitted in 2005 after a high-profile trial in Santa Maria, California, where he faced charges of molesting a 13-year-old boy named Gavin Arvizo. The case centered on allegations that Jackson used his Neverland Ranch to groom children, but the jury found him not guilty on all counts.

On February 9, 1864, Colonel Thomas E. Rose of the 77th Pennsylvania Infantry led one of the Civil War's most audacious prison escapes from Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia. Working in secret for 17 days, Rose and fellow officers dug a narrow 50-60 foot tunnel from the dungeon-like basement to freedom—an feat so remarkable that 109 men followed them out.

Alfred George Hinds, born in London in 1917, became one of Britain's most notorious escapees after his conviction for the 1953 Maple Jewelry Store robbery. Claiming innocence, he engineered three audacious prison escapes and ultimately won a libel case that vindicated his claims.