Typically, these types of automated login attempts are carried out by scripts that give up after multiple failed attempts with non-existent accounts. You can check if your account is still under attack by re-enabling login access for your account name after 3-5 days of changing the alias. I hope the information above will be helpful to you. More @Wikipedia
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