iOS 7 bug allows anyone to disable Find My iPhone and bypass Activation Lock without a password
Starting with iOS 7, deleting an iCloud account or restoring a device requires Find My iPhone to be disabled. Find My iPhone, in turn, requires the user to enter the password for the Apple ID attached to the iCloud account.
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