# Securities and Exchange Commission

Type: organization

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## Timeline

- **2025-02-15**: New Auditor Appointed — SMCI appoints a successor auditor to certify delayed financial reports and address internal control issues.
- **2024-10-30**: EY Resignation — Auditor Ernst & Young resigns, stating it can no longer rely on management's representations.
- **2024-08-27**: Hindenburg Report — Short-seller Hindenburg Research releases a report alleging accounting fraud and sanctions evasion.
- **2024-03-18**: S&P 500 Inclusion — The company is added to the S&P 500 index following a massive AI-driven rally.
- **2020-08-01**: SEC Settlement — SMCI settles with the SEC over charges of overstating revenue and understating expenses.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### Super Micro’s Governance Crisis: A Systemic Risk for the S&P 500 and AI Supply
2026-03-21 00:28:07 · Sentiment: Bearish · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 3

Super Micro Computer's rapid ascent to the S&P 500 has been overshadowed by a recurring pattern of accounting irregularities and governance failures. Following a 2020 SEC settlement and the 2024 resignation of auditor Ernst & Young, the company now faces intense scrutiny over its internal controls and alleged sanctions evasion.
Full story: https://getspacebrief.com/story/super-micro-governance-crisis-sp500-risk

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