Paused Ads continuing to show

It is affecting enough people for there to be an online discussion - some ads are still receiving clicks days are being paused in AdWords:

The Mighty G is telling affected customers:

... I'm sorry to hear that you've had trouble with your Google AdWords campaign. I understand your paused campaigns are accruing clicks and impressions. Our engineers are currently working to solve the problem and hope to reach a resolution shortly. We appreciate you for your patience.

Once this issue has been resolved by the engineers, please be assured that any applicable credits will be automatically processed.