ZeroFox Physical Security Intelligence Daily Brief - February 18, 2025

ZeroFox Physical Security Intelligence Daily Brief - February 18, 2025

ZeroFox physical security experts collect, curate, and analyze information derived from open and proprietary sources for comprehensive context of the circumstances surrounding global events. Here is today’s daily roundup of major developments.

Brief Highlights

• Flight 4819 Crashes Upside Down While Landing in Toronto, Canada
• New Rules on Exports to Keep Money Within Indonesia
• Southern Russian Pumping Station Damaged in Ukrainian Airstrike

Flight 4819 Crashes Upside Down While Landing in Toronto, Canada

Investigations continue as a Delta plane (flight 4819) flipped upside down and caught on fire while landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport. All 76 passengers and four crew members survived with 18 individuals reportedly sustaining minor injuries. It is speculated that windy conditions and a likely issue with the plane’s right wing caused the incident. However, officials intend to study flight records and the voice recorder in the coming days to determine the cause.

New Rules on Exports to Keep Money Within Indonesia

Indonesia is adjusting rules on maintenance of foreign reserves for exporters on March 1, 2025, in an effort to boost its economy. Exporters of natural resources other than oil and gas will be required to hold all proceeds within Indonesia for at least one year, a move that will add USD 80 billion to the country’s foreign reserves. Proceeds will be used by the government for investment in the local economy, unless the exporters choose to use them for business operations or convert them into rupiah. Any of the options will have the same result from the government’s view, expanding the supply of money circulating in the national economy. Oil and gas exports will continue to be subject to the same rules as previous, where 30 percent of their proceeds must be kept within the country.

Southern Russian Pumping Station Damaged in Ukrainian Airstrike

A Ukrainian drone attack struck the Kropotkinskaya pumping station on the Tengiz-Novorossiysk oil pipeline in southern Krasnodar region of Russia. The Tengiz-Novorossiysk oil pipeline transports about 80 percent of Kazakhstan's oil exports. The attack caused significant damage, which prompted operators to shut down the pumping station. Oil is currently transiting the Tengiz-Novorossiysk pipeline at reduced rates, bypassing Kropotkinskaya. However, this incident underscores the expanding physical security risk of Ukrainian airstrikes on Russian territory. Partly in response to this risk, Kazakhstan has been working to diversify oil export routes that bypass Russia.