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Elon Musk's Department Seeks Access To Taxpayers' Sensitive Data

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The Department of Government Efficiency, under the leadership of Elon Musk, has made a request to access data from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that contains sensitive financial information about taxpayers, according to multiple sources.

The department is specifically seeking access to various data systems, including the highly secure Integrated Data Retrieval System (IDRS), which houses taxpayers' personal identification numbers.

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