System locks into password cycle

When accessing App Store the selection of an App( free or not) triggers question for password. Despite entering the correct password each time the system locks into a cycle of asking for password but not progressing anything. This problem first occurred when it requested additional questions in support of better security. It no occurs for any App Store action.
Fixes tried
Changed account details including new passwords
System setting reset all
System restore
System reset all
Works fine when I log into IPad using my other Apple/ITunes ID

Problem has gone away after resetting apple ID using a web browser on a PC. The online apple account repeated exercise for security questions online and then again on IPad but this time it all worked as normal.
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[edit3] My previous thought was that this was a btrfs issue, however now I think it may be more hardware related.[/edit3]
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[edit2] Also, I converted the RAID0 to a single in case that matters.
[edit4] I finished scrubbing and copied my "journalctl -b" output to pastebin. I can't see any thing that might raise any flags. http://pastebin.com/WXpbpTuc
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