The article discusses the implications of a proposed 'mega API' that may allow access to IRS data, which could be exported to private entities. Critics highlight the potential security risks, especially when combined with other government data, raising concerns about privacy violations. The consolidation effort relates to an executive order aiming to combat fraud by eliminating information silos, but it poses significant risks. An IRS source emphasizes the lack of experience among those managing this data, while concerns about oversight and data protection persist amid these developments.
"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 IRS worker alleges to WIRED.
"Schematizing this data and understanding it would take years," an IRS source tells WIRED. "Just even thinking through the data would take a long time, because these people have no experience, not only in government, but in the IRS or with taxes or anything else."
The data consolidation effort aligns with President Donald Trump's executive order from March 20, which directed agencies to eliminate information silos. While the order was purportedly aimed at fighting fraud and waste, it also could threaten privacy by consolidating personal data housed on different systems into a central repository.
"There is a lot of stuff that I don't know that I am learning now," Corcos tells Ingraham in the Fox interview. "I know a lot about software systems, that's why I was brought in."
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