Ipad locked, didn't enter wrong passcode

This morning, my wife woke up for work and her iPad Air said that her device was locked for an hour, as if she'd entered the wrong passcode multiple times. Prior to her waking up by opening her smart cover, nobody in the house was awake for at least six hour. Now, I imagine we can wait this out. But this is her primary work device, and I need to know why it might do this, because time she can't be working is money wasted. We can't have this happen again.

Try and force your iPad into Recovery Mode
1. Disconnect the USB cable from the device, but leave the other end of the cable connected to your computer's USB port.
2. Turn off the device: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds until the red slider appears, then slide the slider. Wait for the device to turn off.
3.While pressing and holding the Home button, reconnect the USB cable to the device. The device should turn on.
4. Continue holding the Home button until you see the "Connect to iTunes" screen. When this screen appears, release the Home button. iTunes should alert you that it has detected a device in recovery mode. Click OK, and then click Restore to restore the device.
Note: Data will be lost.

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