Seriously
If Microsoft can make their OS detect hardware changes, even hardware swapped with identical parts, and force that OS to re-activate in order to continue operating, then surely card processing manufacturers can do the same?
The organised tampering of PIN entry devices to commit credit card fraud, which led to arrests in Birmingham last week, has been linked to a breach in an Asda store on the outskirts of Portsmouth. Cash was withdrawn from ATMs in China and Canada after the cards were used in the Gosport branch of Asda, Register sources …