I purchased the lifetime membership several years ago when Blue was trying to raise money, but I think nine dollars is a reasonable access fee and helps support the site. As they say, nothing is free.
That site is all the way hacked. I doubt the owners have any control over the site as of now.
I would HIGHLY recommend NOT giving them any payment information and I wouldn't even log into the site using a Username and Password that most have across numerous websites.
We can all assume our UID and passwords have been compromised. However, I believe the payments we've sent to the site IN THE PAST are still secured because it was through a 3rd party. Do NOT PUT NEW PAYMENT INTO INTO THE SITE. I also believe IV owes us all some money for being offline for so long.