The Open Science Foundation clandestinely abused for malicious activities in unintended manners

The Open Science Framework (OSF) is an important and useful platform for researchers to practice open science. However, the OSF has recently been misused for criminal purposes, especially search boards for watching pirated copyright works and leading to phishing sites. This misuse can negatively influence the OSF server function; therefore, it is important to take measures. To protect the sound base of open science in the future, the present paper reports the two cases where the OSF has been abused for illegal activities and discusses various measures including those that the OSF management already has in place.