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It's mentioned in the article that X-Ray didn't help much: 'Gray or off-white in color, they looked more like signal conditioning couplers, another common mothe
by tuanva 8y ago
It's mentioned in the article that X-Ray didn't help much: 'Gray or off-white in color, they looked more like signal conditioning couplers, another common motherboard component, than microchips, and so they were unlikely to be detectable without specialized equipment'
- RL_Quine 8y agoThis comment is specific to the parent talking about their experiences producing credit card terminals that ended up with PCBs implanted in them. Here it is appropriate.
- ksec 8y agoAnd as soon as they know you are using X-Ray to test ( I would be surprised if there were no insider information leaking on the OP's end ), they would develop a way so that somehow the X-Ray images looks identical. May be a heat spreader like metal as cover up.
- PascLeRasc 8y agoCan't the image be diffed with one of a trusted system?