When I first read this my mind immediately flashed back to when I played FASA's Shadowrun, and several William Gibson novels. It will be interesting to see if this bill legitimizes corporate 'IC' (pronounced "ICE" and standing for Intrusion Countermeasures), and thereby causes a proliferation in corporate jobs doing Offensive Information Operations.
Also, there's some irony here. Georgia Tech was the home of Phrack for many years, considered by some to be the best hacking e-zine of its time.