GARD Hijacked?

Is anyone else still using GARD? And if so, have your ad shortcodes been hijacked?

The support website has been shutdown and the developer @the-plugin-factory is not responsive, so I am left to fear the worst…

A few weeks ago, our GARD shortcodes stopped rendering our Google Adsense ads. I was unable to get any reply from the developer and the support site was inaccessible.

Now, ads are appearing again, but they are affiliate links for platforms of which I am not even an affiliate. To clarify: MaxBounty and MyTurf ads are displaying where our Google ads should be. I am immediately deactivating this plugin, and suggest others do the same.

I feel it necessary to report this here. And I also wonder if anyone has any recommendations for reporting this issue to any other authorities.

FYI: I was actually using the premium GARD Pro plugin and had a very cordial relationship with the developer, or so I thought. What a shame…