Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) plans to host a hackathon subsequent week centered on the creation of a “mega API” that can present entry to taxpayer knowledge, in response to Wired.
Wired says the hackathon is being organized by two DOGE staffers on the Internal Revenue Service — Gavin Kliger and Sam Corcos, who’s additionally CEO at healthtech startup Levels. Corcos has reportedly been telling others at DOGE that his aim is to construct “one new API to rule them all.”
This would make it simple for cloud suppliers to entry IRS knowledge together with taxpayer names, addresses, social safety numbers, tax returns, and employment info, which may all be exported to exterior programs. According to Wired, a third-party social gathering vendor would handle elements of the venture, with Palantir “consistently” introduced up as a candidate.
“It’s basically an open door controlled by Musk for all Americans’ most sensitive information with none of the rules that normally secure that data,” an nameless IRS employee reportedly instructed Wired.
