secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     HERITAGE FINANCIAL CORP /WA/ (HFWA)
CIK:        0001046025
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-020261
Event type: cyber
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Heritage Financial detects cyber incident; files exfiltrated may contain personal info
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- Detected March 2, 2026; internal file share server compromised with exfiltration of files possibly containing personal information.
- Customer accounts, systems, and operations not affected; no disruption to business operations.
- Investigation ongoing with external forensic firm and legal counsel; regulators, law enforcement, and insurer notified.
- Company states incident not currently deemed material to financial condition or results of operations.
- Forward-looking statements warn impact may be more severe than currently anticipated.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046025/000162828026020261/0001628280-26-020261-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046025/000162828026020261/hfwa-20260320.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-020261

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