Email overnight from "Find My iPhone" states iPad has been locked

My iPad was locked overnight 4:00 AM.  I received an email about this and found that the iPad was, in fact, locked.  I do not know what the passcode is.  There are multiple threads on resetting a passcode from a backup, but I'm concerned about how my device was locked.  I have reset my Apple account password, reset questions, and birthday (based on feedback from the forums.)  If I was hacked, I am grateful that the hacker didn't seize my account by changing my password.  Has anyone else experienced this?  My password was simple (dictionary attack could have gotten it), but does Apple login security actually allow brute force attacks to occur?  Is there any way to figure out how this reset occurred?

I have my iPad back, but I still don't know how my account was compromised.  I may never know, so I've disabled everything I can to prevent unauthorized purchases or remote machine wipes.  My confidence in Apple is shaken, to say the least.  It's one thing to brute force a simple password, but how would they get the username?

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