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School girls pose with placards as they align in a formation of the red ribbon to raise awareness on 'World AIDS Day' in Amritsar, India, on December 1, 2025. (Narinder NANU / AFP)
December 1, 2025, 3:12 pm
On World AIDS Day, Health Ministry reports 22% decrease of new HIV cases in 2024
Israel recorded 317 diagnoses last year, though the head of the Israel AIDS Task Force says carriers of the virus often avoid testing for it due to ‘stigma’
By Diana Bletter
Illustrative: Hadassah Ein Kerem medical staff work in the coronavirus ward of the hospital in Jerusalem, on August 25, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 2, 2021, 11:55 pm
Black Shadow hackers leak medical records of 290,000 Israeli patients
After releasing full database of LGBTQ dating website, Iran-linked group publishes directory from Machon Mor medical institute including information on treatments and appointments
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Participants take part in the annual Jerusalem Gay Pride parade, on August 2, 2018. (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana)
November 2, 2021, 6:22 pm
Hackers claim to leak details of LGBTQ dating site after ransom not paid
Iran-linked Black Shadow group says it released full database of Atraf website, after owners failed to pay $1 million; calls to LGBTQ helpline double following hack
By ToI Staff
A man looks at a video on an Israeli website that was hacked by Iran-based hackers group calling itself 'Hacking Saviours', at an office in Jerusalem on May 21, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 31, 2021, 11:13 pm
Israel cyber authority says it warned hosting company it was vulnerable to hack
National Cyber Directorate told CyberServer ‘several times’ it could be targeted, ahead of Black Shadow hackers’ personal data breach of Israeli LGBT site and others
By ToI Staff and AFP
Illustrative: The messaging app Telegram is displayed on a smartphone. (AP Photo)
October 31, 2021, 7:28 pm
Suspected Iran-linked hackers’ Telegram account blocked after ransom demand
Black Shadow group’s channels are removed shortly after it sought payment within 48 hours to block data leak from Israeli sites
By ToI Staff
Illustrative -- The annual Pride parade in central Jerusalem on August 3, 2017 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
October 31, 2021, 2:04 pm
Hackers demand $1 million to halt their leak of user info from Israeli LGBT site
Black Shadow group, believed to be criminally motivated Iranians, demands digital ransom within 48 hours; HIV status of some users of dating site already posted online
By ToI Staff
Scanning electron micrograph of HIV-1 budding (in green) from cultured lymphocyte. This image has been colored to highlight important features (Wikimedia Commons, public domain/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Public Health Image Library)
August 20, 2015, 11:37 am
Sharp rise in heterosexuals contracting HIV
Men make up about 70% of new carriers in Israel in 2014; about 42% of them engaged in homosexual relations
By Adiv Sterman
The two drag queen emcees at Wigstock (photo credit: Rebecca Wojno/Times of Israel)
December 2, 2014, 11:08 pm
Drag queens raise HIV awareness
Lip-syncing at Wigstock for the LGBT community
By Rebecca Wojno
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