This wouldn't entirely surprise me.
Take any dates with a fist-sized block of salt, though.
Q won't have any outside comms to other civ int volunteers, but it's not impossible for other MI brass to lead the charge on this.
Basically, Q orders MI to upgrade everything, who then notify CM and keep him in an as-needed loop.
Too much speculation to solidify this hypothesis, but it's as good a guess as any.