Data breach may affect 50,000 Australian university students using 'Get' app

Students using events app Get, previously known as Qnect, may have had their personal data exposed online

The personal details of an estimated 50,000 students involved in university clubs and societies around Australia may have been exposed online, in the second breach of its kind for the company holding the data.

Get, previously known as Qnect, is an app built for university societies and clubs to facilitate payments for events and merchandise. The app operates in four countries with 159,000 active student users, and 453 clubs using it.