i dunno what to say since i have no idea what happened other than what you guys said...
however... i think if anything... YOU guys would also be in trouble for what is most assuredly unauthorized browsing while on the job. gross neligence, misuse of company resources, or something. just sayin'. in any case, it's also a failure on your respective company's IT dept (network admin) to allow somthing like that, the failure to ensure a timely recovery, failure to provide backup routings and whatnot for these exact type of situations. any losses rest squarely on your respective shoulders, although some of the culpability, if any, really, might rest with mandie.
in any case i guess posting that link was a bad idea, however, i'm doubtful it was posted with malicious intent. what HTC may do about this or not is up to them.
YMMV.