Am I the only one that got this attack?

Brute-force attempts are pretty much a routine fact of life on the internet. It is up to you to make sure that they do not succeed.

A good start would be to review this:

http://library.linode.com/using-linux/security-basics

Especially the section on DenyHosts and Fail2Ban.

Oh, and just so I can be the first to say it, you shouldn't be running ftp. Anything that sends passwords over the internet without encryption is just asking for trouble.