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

Infrastructure Targeting

Sabotage
Infrastructure targeting is the deliberate disruption or destruction of critical infrastructure systems to undermine societal stability, create information vacuums exploitable by state narratives, and demonstrate coercive capability through cascading systemic failures.
Author
Affiliation

E. Rosalie Li

Information Epidemiology Lab

Published

February 17, 2026

Sabotage

Infrastructure targeting is the deliberate disruption or destruction of critical infrastructure systems to undermine societal stability, create information vacuums exploitable by state narratives, and demonstrate coercive capability through cascading systemic failures.

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Citation

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

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