When the hacker starts to dump his/her ETC coins, the ETC price will crash and the miner will desert it.
Happened this year in Bitcoin/Litecoin land. First the hacker will play the ETC market, crash it, then play the ETH market and crash it. Both sides will stand to lose, because one side decided to aid the hacker, who can live a fruitful life in paradise having bought out a few banks.