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FIMI Taxonomy v4.1 — Modular taxonomy of foreign information manipulation and interference

Destructive Cyber Operations

Sabotage
State-sponsored destructive cyber operations use malware and digital sabotage to permanently disable critical infrastructure, destroy data, and impose measurable physical and economic damage as an instrument of geopolitical coercion.
Author
Affiliation

E. Rosalie Li

Information Epidemiology Lab

Published

February 17, 2026

Sabotage

State-sponsored destructive cyber operations use malware and digital sabotage to permanently disable critical infrastructure, destroy data, and impose measurable physical and economic damage as an instrument of geopolitical coercion.

FIMI Taxonomy by Information Epidemiology Lab.

Citation

BibTeX citation:
@article{li2026,
  author = {Li, E. Rosalie},
  title = {Destructive {Cyber} {Operations}},
  date = {2026-02-17},
  url = {https://fimi.infoepi.org/mechanisms/destructive-cyber-operations.html},
  langid = {en}
}
For attribution, please cite this work as:
Li, E. Rosalie. 2026. “Destructive Cyber Operations,” February. https://fimi.infoepi.org/mechanisms/destructive-cyber-operations.html.

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