Attacks using registered user IDs

I’ve noticed that there seems to be a surge in the number of attacks hitting my sites that are using legitimate registered user IDs, trying to brute-force the passwords.

Any idea how they’re pulling this list from my sites? Even user IDs that have not posted any comments or are otherwise visible are being attacked.

Thanks

-Allan

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