Gas shortages worsen as fuel prices spike after Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack

Motorists alarmed by rising gasoline prices and fears of supplies running low are flocking to gas stations in the Southeast as the impact of a ransomware attack that crippled the country's biggest fuel pipeline ripples across the region.

Although a large section of the Colonial Pipeline is back online, gas prices in several states are spiking to a nearly seven-year high, while about 1,800 stations across the U.S. are out of fuel, according to travel app GasBuddy. That includes an Exxon station in Charleston, South Carolina, which was completely sold out of gas as of Wednesday afternoon, according to a spokesperson. The Cumberland Farms gas station on Highway 1 in Vero Beach, Florida, reported long lines all day for gas currently selling for $2.75 a gallon.