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Was compromised in a cyber a tack raasch year. the hacker held that data for ransom demanding 100 ground grande before they delete the sensitive information. travis kept the data breach a secret. mike isaac is a tech correspondent for the "new york times." mike, good to see you. why in the world would they cover this up? >> seems pretty ill advised in retrospe retrospect. the whole idea is essentially uber thought they could keep this secret, this data breach a secret. it was one hack as they already had been hack nd the past and expose d the information of 50,000 drivers a few years ago. we'd...

>> reporter: and lies. >> i was completely black balled in the community. >> reporter: online communities congregating around something -- >> i think in many ways we have become off-line with people we are online. >> reporter: it's the very same technology designed to give everyone a voice, is it dividing us further? >> and now cnn tech correspondent laurie segall is joining us. laurie, so fascinating. that was a good teaser. you and your special, take a look at the culture war beneath the surface in the tech world. what can we expect to see? >> it's so interesting. when i started coming to te...

Suited for tech jobs for biological and psychological reasons. training programs for women highly politicized. diversity work aliens yates nonprogressives, and the gendend nonprogressives, and the gende may explain why we don't see equal representation of women in tech and leadership. we need to stop assuming that gender gaps imply sexism. lori siegle, tech correspondent, and ellen petrie leone, a former apple and google executive. thank you for being with me. ellen, 35-year-plus career in silicon valley. when you read this, were you just aghast and surprised? or did you think, this is like ...

Two people trying to have a conversation, but they don't speak the same language, it's an age old problem a new york company is trying to solve with a new smartphone technology. cnn tech correspondent samuel burke finds out if internet connected ear buds can help them have a conversation in real time. >> reporter: i'm trying out waverly ear buds. they do live translation from one ear to another and i'm here with the ceo and founder of the company. so, i'm going to try it out with you. >> what you have seen here in barcelone. >> we went to a really great restaurant last night and had paella. >>...

September. cnn tech correspondent samuel burke joining us now to explain this to us and tell us how it affects us. tell us when this happened and for all those yahoo! users who were wondering what do i do now, what do they do? >> brianna, it is astonishing that this hack happened in 2013. and yahoo! is just now finding out about this. this is clearly a company which has not invested enough in cyber security according to many experts and the proof is in the pudding quite frankly. take a look at the information that these criminals made off with. stolen information includes name, e-mails, phone ...