The Forbes article points out that although Mitnick did indeed gain access to the computers of such corporations as Motorola and Nokia, and illegally copy software, their is no evidence to suggest that he either corrupted their data or sold it for gain.
這篇文章指出，米尼克確實曾侵入摩托羅拉、諾基亞等企業電腦，非法拷貝他們的資料；但沒有任何證據顯示他破壞過這些資料，也不曾出售謀利。