DOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED.
  • qprimed@lemmy.mlEnglish
    41·
    5 days ago

    Corcos has discussed plans for DOGE to build “one new API to rule them all,” making IRS data more easily accessible for cloud platforms, sources say.

    this is gonna be great! 🤦‍♂️

    edit: our tax information is now, or soon will be, in the hands of anyone with a large enough crypto wallet or some spare time.

  • funkforager@sh.itjust.works
    14·
    5 days ago

    This is it. This is the big one.

    The agency is expected to partner with a third-party vendor to manage certain aspects of the data project. Palantir, a software company cofounded by billionaire and Musk associate Peter Thiel, has been brought up consistently by DOGE representatives as a possible candidate, sources tell WIRED.

    Two top DOGE operatives at the IRS, Sam Corcos and Gavin Kliger, are helping to orchestrate the hackathon, sources tell WIRED. Corcos is a health-tech CEO with ties to Musk’s SpaceX. Kliger attended UC Berkeley until 2020 and worked at the AI company Databricks before joining DOGE as a special adviser to the director at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Corcos is also a special adviserto Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

    • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
      7·
      4 days ago

      It’s a totally normal thing to say in the software world. The same crowd would never be caught dead using the word “cyber” though ;)

      • Tony Bark@pawb.socialEnglish
        4·
        4 days ago

        Well, yeah, but that’s mostly in the more playful hacker kind of way. This is literately just wolf in sheep’s clothing.

  • foggy@lemmy.world
    11·
    5 days ago

    Are there any cybersecurity platforms ready to posture as a blue team defense?

    Literally where do I sign up. Be happy to out these sloppy fucks.

    • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
      6·
      5 days ago

      Both Google and Apple have significant blue-team efforts. What’s not transparent is the extent to which they rely on government support to spot APTs.