The most interesting thing about this article is the discovery of the open FTP server that the hacker was using to verify the attack. I imagine the hacker doesn

The most interesting thing about this article is the discovery of the open FTP server that the hacker was using to verify the attack. I imagine the hacker doesn't own this server either but has compromised it earlier. But anyone who has runs a site knows that attacks like this happen all the time. I own a small low-value static site that gets about 50 legitimate hits on a good day and the logs reveal that I get attacked several times an hour by automatic exploit scanners. It is just constant and doesn't even include the SSH attacks. Anything on the internet is going to be targeted - no site is too small or obscure.