Why was I inexplicably shut out of my apple ID and forced to reset my password when trying to download an app.?

I was in the process of attempting to download an app. On entering my usual password, I was locked out with a message that for security reasons I had to reset my password. I am pretty sure that I entered the password correctly, but surely, even if I did not, I don't expect to have to change my password each time.
any thoughts?

Hard to say what happened.  You might want to contact iTunes support and ask them.......
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact/

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