san francisco bipartisan group u.s. senators tuesday plan introduce legislation seek address vulnerabilities compute devices embed everyday object know tech industry internet things experts long warn pose threat global cyber security new bill would require vendors provide internet-connected equipment u.s. government ensure products patchable conform industry security standards would also prohibit vendors supply devices unchangeable passwords possess know security vulnerabilities republicans cory gardner steve daines democrats mark warner ron wyden sponsor legislation draft input technology experts atlantic council harvard university senate aide help write bill say companion legislation house expect soon try take light touch possible warner tell reuters interview add legislation intend remedy obvious market failure leave device manufacturers little incentive build security mind legislation would allow federal agencies ask u.s. office management budget permission buy non-compliant devices control network segmentation place would also expand legal protections cyber researchers work good faith hack equipment find vulnerabilities manufacturers patch previously unknown flaw security researchers long say balloon array online devices include cars household appliances speakers medical equipment adequately protect hackers might attempt steal personal information launch sophisticate cyber attack 20 billion 30 billion devices expect connect internet 2020 researchers estimate large percentage insecure though security internet things know problem years manufacturers say well equip produce cyber secure devices hundreds thousands insecure webcams digital record everyday devices hijack last october support major attack internet infrastructure temporarily knock web service offline include twitter paypal spotify new legislation include reasonable security recommendations would important improve protection federal government network say ray farrell chief technology officer cloud compute firm vmware u.s. senators introduce bill secure 'internet things