SA teen charged with computer sabotage

A South Australian teenager has been accused of sabotaging government, school and internet provider computer systems.

An Adelaide teenager has been accused of sabotaging government and school computer systems. (AAP)

An Adelaide teenager has been charged with taking down computer systems at a government department, school and internet provider.

The 15-year-old was on Thursday arrested for temporarily disabling the systems in what's known as a "denial of service" attack, police allege.

He was bailed to appear in the Christies Beach Youth Court on May 12 charged with the unauthorised impairment of computer systems, which carries a maximum jail term of 10 years.