Detecting and identifying unauthorized accounts in online environments

A computer program product for improper online user accounts, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

• receiving, by the processor, online gaming data associated with a user account of an online gaming environment;
• accessing a player profile associated with the user account, wherein the player profile comprises historical online gaming data of a user;
• analyzing the historical online gaming data of the user to determine a historical play style of the user account;
• analyzing the online gaming data to determine a current play style of the user account;
• comparing the historical play style of the user to the current play style of the user account to determine one or more deviations between the current play style and the historical play style of the user account;
• determining a violation level for the one or more deviations, the violation level being determined by one or more other player accounts in the online gaming environment providing a rating for each deviation in the one or more deviations;
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• enacting an action for the user account of the online gaming environment based at least in part on the one or more deviations and the violation level for the one or more deviations, wherein the action comprises a throttling of internet access speed for the user account to the online gaming environment.

A system for identifying improper online user accounts, the system comprising:

• a processor communicatively coupled to a memory, the processor configured to:
• receive online gaming data associated with a user account of an online gaming environment;
• access a player profile associated with the user account, wherein the player profile comprises historical online gaming data of a user;
• analyze the historical online gaming data of the user to determine a historical play style of the user account;
• analyze the online gaming data to determine a current play style of the user account;
• compare the historical play style of the user to the current play style of the user account to determine one or more deviations between the current play style and the historical play style of the user account;
• determine a violation level for the one or more deviations, the violation level being determined by one or more other player accounts in the online gaming environment providing a rating for each deviation in the one or more deviations;
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• enact an action for the user account of the online gaming environment based at least in part on the one or more deviations and the violation level for the one or more deviations, wherein the action comprises a throttling of internet access speed for the user account to the online gaming environment.