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Elon Musk\u2019s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE<\/a>) plans to host a hackathon next week<\/a> focused on the creation of a \u201cmega API\u201d that will provide access to taxpayer data, according to Wired.<\/p>\n Wired says the hackathon is being organized by two DOGE staffers at the Internal Revenue Service \u2014 Gavin Kliger and Sam Corcos, who\u2019s also CEO at healthtech startup Levels. Corcos has reportedly been telling others at DOGE that his goal is to build \u201cone new API to rule them all.\u201d<\/p>\n This would make it easy for cloud providers to access IRS data including taxpayer names, addresses, social security numbers, tax returns, and employment information, which could all be exported to external systems. According to Wired, a third-party party vendor would manage parts of the project, with Palantir \u201cconsistently\u201d brought up as a candidate.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s basically an open door controlled by Musk for all Americans\u2019 most sensitive information with none of the rules that normally secure that data,\u201d an anonymous IRS worker reportedly told Wired.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n