The set of five women identified so far as having their Disqus handles stolen are indeed influential opinion makers in this forum, Pandora, and I think you know that. 

That they are progressive and women is very much "the point." The usurper (for I assume there was but one) went after their names because of who they were...high profile posters here who all happen to be progressives and all happen to be women. 

Since there are other progressive posters who are not women, it seems reasonable to assume that the animus involved includes misogyny; since there are conservatives here, indeed conservative women such as you, it seems reasonable to assume progressives were also seen as the enemy.

Surely you don't have any problem with this analysis, now that I spin it our full for you?