Did they? The commenter was referring to "Simple Sabotage Field Manual", by the CIA. It's a very commonly cited list of actions to take, or that someone would take, to impede the effectiveness of an organization.
The commenter was not saying "CIA did it, and birds aren't real".
Prima facie claiming that people who are joining an optional group that puts out optional rules that companies can opt into implementing for the sake of sabotaging something in such an esoteric way is complete conspiracy nonsense.
Edit - LOL, step one of my conspiracy and get a PhD and work at a company for 10 years using a programming language so I can get someone kicked off an optional committee! Brilliant plan, no notes!!!
It is "LOL" to read that only literally.
How is yelling "HOOBY, antisemitism!" about a perfectly innocuous title "trying to do good engineering"?
> That appeal fundamentally means that there are people trying to actively sabotage a thing
Well, if they aren't trying to, they're doing a damn fine unintentional job of it.
We simply don't have all the facts, this is one article. I would also suggest you consider adjusting how you think about the world, there's an unreasonable alignment with people who speak like you've chosen to and people who act deeply maliciously. If you don't want to get confused for someone deeply malicious consider gathering more facts before you speak.