The term ‘system’ has been in use for a longer time than many people may realise. It’s referred to a huge array of rudimentary ways of doing things in many different walks of life.
Its usage nowadays is usually in relation to a plethora of computer technologies which populate and cross pollinate in personal and professional contexts everywhere.
The most important are in banking and its the very backbone of the work being done. It doesn’t matter what decade it is, the systems used in banks are always of the highest security.
However, it’s made it a hotspot for many types of shadowy crime. The account of a bingo hall, golf club, or library may not ring into the millions, but it can be lucrative if these are all put together.
It doesn’t revolve around breaking into vaults to steal hard cash. The early ‘hackers’ were not download hitmen but private individuals who peeked into sets of records or information.
It’s believed many intelligent people in the 1970’s and 1980’s used this sort of subterranean crime to make money on the side. It’s because they could put random facts together.
