Mitnick himself, speaking from prison in an interview with Forbes magazine published in April 1999--one of his first interviews since his incarceration--denied hacking into NORAD computers, and Markoff admits he did not verify this allegation.
今年四月美國「富比士」雜誌一篇「將駭客惡魔化」的報導就說，在獄中的米尼克首次以電話接受媒體採訪，他否認自己曾經侵入北美防空部，而馬可夫也承認他未經查證就下筆。