A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has released new legislation intended to confront internet-of-things security vulnerabilities, Reuters reports. Sens. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., Steve Daines, R-Mont., Mark Warner, D-Va., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., are co-sponsoring the bill, which included input from technology researchers at the Atlantic Council and Harvard University. The bill would require government IoT vendors to ensure their products can be updated and patched to curtail security weaknesses. It would also prevent vendors from selling devices that have unchangeable passwords. Warner said, "We're trying to take the lightest touch possible," and that the bill was intended to fix an "obvious market failure" that has left many IoT devices at risk of hack and leaks. 
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