A DOGE software engineer is reportedly close to gaining access to sensitive taxpayer data, which is raising alarms. Reports that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is seeking access to a guarded Internal Revenue Service (IRS) system has raised alarm bells in Washington and across the nation.

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is trying to pry into the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Integrated Data Retrieval System — which can include bank account information you have tied to your IRS account.