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.
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.