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   This will be great!  After all no one *ever* hacks cloud applications.    
      
      
   DOGE planning hackathon to build a mega API for accessing all IRS and    
   taxpayer data   
      
   Date:   
   Mon, 07 Apr 2025 13:04:00 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   DOGE reportedly wants to streamline access to sensitive IRS data with a new   
   mega API.   
      
   FULL STORY   
      
   Elon Musks brainchild government agency, the Department of Government   
   Efficiency (DOGE), is reportedly planning a hackathon to build a mega API for   
   accessing IRS data in a major streamlining move.    
      
   According to Wired , the goal is to centralize IRS data into a single-cloud   
   hosting platform that could become the read center of all IRS systems, and   
   unnamed sources cited by Wired have already named one potential partner.    
      
   Palantir has been brought up consistently by DOGE representatives as a   
   possible candidate, Wired s sources say.   
      
   Musk wants to make an IRS mega API    
      
   Palantir Technologies, which currently has a market cap of $173.5 billion,   
   notably counts Peter Thiel among its co-founders  a known associate of Musk.    
      
   The firms main clients include US government agencies, but some private    
   sector firms are also customers.    
      
   Dozens of IRS engineers are being invited to a Washington DC hackathon event   
   to collaborate on the API, and its believed that the API has a short timeline   
   of just 30 days  something that insiders believe is both unrealistic and   
   potentially harmful.    
      
   With the API, DOGE hopes to collate core sensitive data like names,    
   addresses, SSNs, tax returns and employment details.    
      
   It could considerably streamline inter-departmental data sharing, however   
   critics argue that it could present a major security risk, describing it as    
   an open door controlled by Musk for all American's most sensitive information   
   with none of the rules that normally secure that data.    
      
   On March 20, 2025, Trump signed an executive order to banish information   
   silos, with the aim of stopping waste, fraud and abuse. The order appeared to   
   focus on the IRS, declaring an interest in eliminating bureaucratic   
   duplication and inefficiency while enhancing the Governments ability to    
   detect overpayments and fraud.    
      
   The White House has not yet shared any plans for the rumored hackathon.   
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/doge-is-hosting-a-hackathon-to-build-a-mega-api-   
   for-accessing-all-irs-and-taxpayer-data   
      
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