NHS cyber attack: Man who accidentally saved the world from the hack failed his IT GCSE

The man who saved the world from the hack that took down the NHS didn't pass his IT GCSE. Marcus Hutchins, who accidentally discovered a kill switch that helped shut down the WannaCry virus as it spread around the world, doesn't have the most basic IT qualification. And it's all because his teachers thought he was a hacker. The accidental hero's problems began when he was hauled into the head teacher's office at school and told to explain why the network was down. He couldn't and so was blamed for having hacked into the network – something that despite his claims not to have done anything, led to him being suspended.