SA teen charged with computer sabotage

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

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

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Published 8 April 2016 7:48pm

Source: AAP

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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.

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