This primer provides an introduction to foreign malign influence (FMI) — what it is, what countries are most often behind it, and how the Intelligence Community monitors and mitigates it through the Foreign Malign Influence Center (FMIC) in partnership with the interagency — to help citizens better understand and recognize FMI threats against our democratic institutions and processes.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) release Securing Election Infrastructure Against the Tactics of Foreign Malign Influence Operations, a guidance document that details the latest tactics employed in foreign malign influence operations to shape U.S. policies, decisions, and discourse and could be used to target America’s election infrastructure.