Bingo.
Just like the hand-to-hand drop at the Familia family appearance, this is likely a fool-proof method to transfer information: if Putin had his/his trusted people's eyes on that ball from the get-go, there'd be little/no risk of info being obtained by the bad guys or needed to be passed online.
You know directly where it's coming from from it's very wires and origin. Info on that ball is probably deep info regarding the Q-op, or perhaps a data-drop from Putin.