My account was disabled? Why?

Upgraded to Mountain Lion on my iMac, then went to my macbook air, done the same, then my iPhoto was not working on iMac, tried to download a new one, and puf, my account was disabled? Why?!?!

Hi LucindaLeeP,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
To help resolve this issue where you got an error that your Apple ID was disabled for security seasons, please follow the steps in the article linked to below.
Apple ID: 'This Apple ID has been disabled for security reasons' alert appears - Apple Support
Cheers,
Alex H.

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